Pavinak Petaulassie

PAVINAQ PETAULASSIE          (PUBINUK; PABWINA; PABINA)

Date of Birth:    October 8, 1961                                                Male/Female:    Male E7-1959                           
Place of Birth:   Cape Dorset

Mother:             Timangiak Petaulassie

Father:              Aggeak Petaulassie
                                                                                                                                               

Pavinaq’s father, the late Aggeak Petaulassie (1983), was also a carver.  His mother, Timangiak, and brothers Qatsiya and Etidlui are artists in Cape Dorset.

“My father used to tell me about carving…I like carving in stone because it is easier to work with.”  Pavinaq began carving in the early 1970’s and prefers groupings of birds or walrus, “They are beautiful animals, that’s why.”

                                    From an interview with the Inuit Art Section, November, 1994.

EXHIBITIONS:

March – April 1984                                            
Heritage of the Inuit: Masterpieces of the Eskimo
Colorado Galleries of the Arts
Arapahoe Community College
Littleton, Colorado, U.S.A.

May – June 1991                                              
Mother and Child: Sculpture and Prints
Albers Gallery
San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
(illustrated brochure)

November – December 1993                             
The Treasured Monument
Marion Scott Gallery
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
(illustrated catalogue)

December 1993                                                
Small Sculptures by Great Artists II
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

December 2005 – January 2006                         
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

December, 2009                                               
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated brochure)

December, 2010                                               
Survival: Staying Alive in a Harsh World
Images of the North
San Francisco

December, 2010                                               
Small Sculptures by Great Artists
Feheley Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario
(illustrated catalogue)

April, 2011                                                       
Flight Across the Tundra
Balzac Fine Arts
Toronto, Ontario

SELECTED REFERENCES:

Marion Scott Gallery
THE TREASURED MONUMENT:  An Exhibition of Small-scale Inuit Sculpture.
Vancouver:  Marion Scott Gallery, 1993.